Georgetowner Loves Long View

Thanks to John Blee at the Georgetowner for listing Long View Gallery in their 2008 Arts Preview.

Winter/Spring DC Gallery Preview by John Blee

Shaw now has the Long View Gallery (1302 9th Street NW, open daily 11 – 7) and its director, Drew Porterfield says, “With the new Convention Center across the street and in close proximity to other cutting edge galleries, we feel right at home. Our focus is on local and regional artists with a clear voice whose styles range from traditional landscape to abstract portraiture.” Upcoming shows include New American Paintings that will feature Kimberly Frost, Rob Sparrow Jones, and Jamie Pocklington all selected by Stephen Bennett Phillips, curator of the Phillips Collection (March 21 – April 26), and Lenny Campello will curate a graduate student exhibition (June 7 – July 6.)

Buy a copy of the newest Georgetowner, or read the 2008 Arts Preview online here.

Washington Post "Reception of the Month"

Check it out... Julia Beizer, Producer of the City Guide for the Post, calls our upcoming reception the "Reception of the month!" She writes in her monthly column:

Reception of the Month

I usually choose an opening reception with a great DJ or some other perk to fill this space, but this month, it's the quality of the art that hooked me. From 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, Long View Gallery celebrates the opening of a show of work by Jessie Mann and Mary Chiaramonte, two of the region's most talented female artists.

With her heavily textured paintings, Chiaramonte taps into a feeling of almost suicidal despair that resonates throughout the room. Drawings and cut-out works by the West Virginia-based artist will also be on view. Jessie Mann's eerie performance photographs made for a great show at Adamson last year. The photographs are absent at Long View, but the artist's Pollock-esque drip paintings will surely prove to be a more than able replacement.

You can read the rest of her Going Out Gurus suggestions here.